REU Site: Coastal Research in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) at UMass Boston

奖1359242为本科生（REU）计划在马萨诸塞州波士顿大学（UMass Boston）的研究经验提供了新的资金，并将在夏季研究实习期间支持总共30名学生。该计划被称为环境科学与技术（CREST）REU网站的沿海研究，并计划作为一个为期10周的研究/教育计划，旨在使每年10名本科生接触尖端，综合，沿海环境科学研究。CREST填补的研究或教育利基涉及沿海研究的跨学科性，这与马萨诸塞大学波士顿分校环境学院的优势密切相关。每个CREST学者将与一位研究导师合作，在适合每个学者背景和兴趣的沿海环境科学或技术领域开发和开展研究项目。学生将获得实践经验与先进的仪器，实地经验，并在沿海海洋数据收集培训，并将参加专业发展活动，将开发数据解释和科学写作，团队合作和领导能力，以及科学道德的技能。由于导师的跨学科方法和沿海环境科学所代表的学科的固有多样性，学者将获得跨学科工作的必要技能。CREST的主要广泛影响是招募和培训未来的沿海环境科学研究人员和教育工作者。

Award 1359242 provides renewed funding for a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston)and will support a total of thirty students during a summer research internship. The program is called the Coastal Research in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) REU site and is planned as a 10-week research/educational program designed to expose 10 undergraduates per year to cutting edge, integrative, coastal environmental science research. The research or educational niche filled by CREST deals with the transdisciplinarity of coastal research, which closely parallels the strengths of the School for the Environment at UMass Boston. Each CREST scholar will work with a research mentor to develop and conduct a research project in an area of coastal environmental science or technology appropriate to each scholar's background and interests. Students will gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge instrumentation, field experiences, and training in coastal marine data collection and will participate in professional development activities that will develop skills in data interpretation and scientific writing, teamwork and leadership skills, and scientific ethics. Because of the trans-disciplinary approaches of the mentors and the inherent diversity of disciplines represented in the coastal environmental sciences, scholars will gain necessary skills in working across disciplines. The primary broader impacts of CREST are the recruitment and training of future researchers and educators in the coastal environmental sciences.